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A song from Wyclef Jean’s 2000 album “The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book”, he tells the story of Amadou Diallo, a young man from Guinea, who was brutally murdered my New York Police officers on 2/4/1999. The officers weren’t in uniform at the time. They fired 41 shots, hitting Diallo 19 times when he pulled an object, which was his wallet, killing him. The four officers responsible, Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss, were charged with second-degree murder and reckless endangerment, however they were acquitted of their charges. The case was settled out of court for $3,000,000, out of a $61,000,000 lawsuit that was filed.